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Craven Bereavement Services compassion & respect for all Bereavement Guide Supporting you through this difficult time Craven BereavementCraven Bereavement Services Services ContentsContents IntroductionIntroduction 3 3 First Steps First Steps 4 4 Arranging theArranging Funeral the Funeral 5 5 Funeral OptionsFuneral Options 6 - 9 6 - 9 Skipton CrematoriumSkipton Crematorium 6 6 Skipton andSkipton Ingleton and Cemetery Ingleton Cemetery8 8 RememberingRemembering Your Loved Your One Loved One10 - 11 10 - 11 Useful ContactsUseful Contacts 12 12 Craven BereavementCraven Bereavement Services Services2 2 IntroductionIntroduction Craven DistrictCraven Council’s District Bereavement Council’s Bereavement Craven BereavementCraven Bereavement Services has Services has Services providesServices a caring, provides sensitive a caring, and sensitiveproduced and thisproduced guide to helpthis guide you through to help you through professional serviceprofessional to bereaved service tofamilies bereaved familiesthis difficult time.this difficultIt provides time. guidance It provides and guidance and and their lovedand ones, their offering loved ones, support offering and supportsupport and whichsupport will help which you towill access help you to access advice regardingadvice all regardingaspects relating all aspects to relatinginformation to youinformation will need, you not will only need, from not only from funerals and memorials.funerals and The memorials. 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It is feelings of shock,feelings sadness, of shock, loss andsadness, loss and important to usimportant that you to have us that the you clearest have the clearest bewildermentbewilderment can take over can our take lives. over our lives.information andinformation guidance and to makeguidance sure to make sure It is also a timeIt iswhen also therea time are when so many there are so manythat the arrangementsthat the arrangements you make are you the make are the things to be done,things just to bewhen done, we justfeel when we feelones that areones best thatfor you, are yourbest familyfor you, and your family and least able to doleast them. able to do them. friends. friends. 3 Craven3 BereavementCraven Bereavement Services Services First StepsFirst Steps What you mustWhat do whenyou must someone do when dies someone diesDocuments youDocuments will need you in the will first need few in the first few You will needYou to inform will need a number to inform of a number ofdays followingdays the followingdeath the death people and organisationspeople and organisations and complete and completeYou'll need toYou'll gather need together to gather the together the certain documentscertain needed documents by law. needed If you by law.following If you documentsfollowing relating documents to the relating to the are a relativeare or friend a relative you canor friend do some you can do somedeceased asdeceased soon as possible as soon to as enable possible to enable of these thingsof yourself. these things Others yourself. will need Others will needyou to registeryou the to death register and the to death start and to start to be done byto the be executordone by theor executor or funeral arrangements:funeral arrangements: administrator administratorof the estate. of the estate. Medical certificateMedical of causecertificate of death, of cause of death, Tell the familyTell doctor the family doctor signed by a Doctorsigned unless by a Doctor the Coroner unless isthe Coroner is Contact a FuneralContact Director, a Funeral if you Director, intend if you intendinvolved and involvedthere has and been there a Coroner's has been a Coroner's to use one - ifto the use death one -occurs if the death at home occurs at homepost mortem post mortem or in a nursingor home in a nursing the Funeral home Director the Funeral DirectorBirth Certificate Birth Certificate will need to bewill contacted need to be to contacted move the to move Marriage/civilthe Marriage/civil partnership certificates partnership certificates deceased to deceaseda Chapel ofto Rest.a Chapel of Rest. NHS Number/NHSNHS Number/NHSMedical Card Medical Card Begin arrangementsBegin arrangements for the funeral for - you the funeral - you Organ donor Organcard (if donor appropriate) card (if appropriate) should checkshould the Will check for any the special Will for any special requests or informationrequests or on information what choices on what choicesIt is not necessaryIt is not to necessaryhave these to have these have been made.have been made. documents butdocuments you will need but youto provide will need to provide information containedinformation within contained them, e.g.within them, e.g. Register the deathRegister at thethe Registerdeath at Office. the Register Office. date and placedate of anddeceased's place of birth, deceased's birth, You'll find detailsYou'll of find how details to do ofthis how in the to do this in the spouse/civil partner'sspouse/civil full name, partner's etc. full name, etc. section on “Registeringsection on a “Registering Death.” a Death.” If relevant, completeIf relevant, the complete reverse of the the reverse of the white BD8 formwhite (given BD8 when form you(given register when you registerRegistering theRegistering death the death the death) andthe send death) to theand local send Job to the local JobA death mustA be death registered must be within registered five within five Centre Plus orCentre Benefits Plus Agency. or Benefits Agency. days from whendays it occurred.from when This it occurred. period This period Contact the executorContact theas soon executor as possible as soon as possiblecan be extendedcan bein exceptionalextended in exceptional to enable him/herto enable to start him/her the process to start of the processcircumstances of circumstances and/or if the Coronerand/or if isthe Coroner is obtaining probateobtaining if necessary probate (probate if necessary (probateinvolved. The involved.registration The must registration take place must take place is the legal processis the legal whereby process a Will whereby is a Will isin the district wherein the district the death where occurred. the death occurred. ‘proved’ in a ‘proved’court and in accepted a court and as accepteda asIf it a is difficult forIf it youis difficult to get for to youthe to get to the valid public document).valid public The document). executor Theis executorappropriate is Registerappropriate Office, Register you may Office, you may usually namedusually in the named Will. in the Will. visit your localvisit office your and local declare office theand declare the If there is no Will,If there decide is no who Will, willdecide apply who will applynecessary information.necessary In information. this case the In this case the to sort out theto deceased’s sort out the affairs deceased’s and affairs andRegistration byRegistration Declaration by may Declaration result may result contact the Probatecontact Registry the Probate to apply Registry for to applyin a for delay in thein a issue delay of in the the document issue of the document ‘letters of administration’‘letters of administration’ if necessary. if necessary.needed for theneeded funeral for arrangements. the funeral arrangements. Letters of AdministrationLetters of Administration are granted byare grantedRegistering by theRegistering death will the take death about will take about a Surrogate Courta Surrogate or Probate Court Registry or Probate to Registryhalf to an hour. half an hour. appoint an appropriateappoint an personappropriate to deal person to deal with the deceased’swith the estate. deceased’s estate. Craven BereavementCraven Bereavement Services Services4 4 ArrangingArranging the Funeral the Funeral The funeral can usuallyThe onlyfuneral take can place usually only takeThere place are a numberThere of funeral are a options number of funeral options after the death is registered.after the death is registered. available which include:available which include: Most people use theMost services people of Funeral use the services of Funeral Directors who will guideDirectors you throughwho will theguide you through the options that are availableoptions for that the are funeral. available for Churchthe funeral. service